title: Oscillatory mode of calcium signaling in rat pancreatic acinar cells.
abstract: Cytoplasmic free calcium concentration ((Ca2+]i) was evaluated by dual-wavelength microspectrofluorometry of fura-2-loaded individual rat pancreatic acinar cells. Resting [Ca2+]i in unstimulated acini was 94.1 +/- 4.1 nM. Stimulation with high concentrations of cholecystokinin (CCK, 100 pM to 1 nM) led to an immediate rise in [Ca2+]i to 400-1,000 nM followed by a fall within 2-5 min to a plateau only slightly above the prestimulation level. Lower and more physiological concentrations of CCK (1-30 pM), after a latent period of 60-90 s, induced a smaller sustained increase in [Ca2+]i (30-40 nM) with superimposed repetitive transient [Ca2+]i spikes. These oscillations averaged 120-150 nM in amplitude, occurred at a frequency which averaged 1.5 times/min, and were maintained as long as the stimulus was applied. Similar [Ca2+]i oscillations were observed when acini were stimulated with submaximal concentrations of carbamylcholine (0.1-1 microM) and neuromedin C (0.1-1 nM). Intracellular Ca2+ stores were not depleted during [Ca2+] oscillations, since a subsequent increase to 1 nM CCK led to an immediate rise in [Ca2+]i indistinguishable from the response of cells initially stimulated at this concentration. Although extracellular Ca2+ was required for maintenance of frequency of the spikes, the major source of Ca2+ utilized for oscillations was intracellular, since elimination of medium Ca2+ or Ca2+ entry blockade with lanthanum failed to inhibit oscillations. Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (10 nM) and high K+ (50 mM) did not affect [Ca2+]i oscillations. Antimycin (10 microM), which depletes cytoplasmic ATP, increased basal [Ca2+]i and inhibited the oscillations.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsunoda
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Stuenkel
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000968:Antimycin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D001572:Benzofurans; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002766:Cholecystokinin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D016257:Fura-2; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D009991:Oscillometry; D010179:Pancreas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010703:Phorbol Esters / Q000494:pharmacology; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D019311:Staurosporine; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D001572:Benzofurans; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D010703:Phorbol Esters; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; D000968:Antimycin A; D002217:Carbachol; D002766:Cholecystokinin; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D019311:Staurosporine; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2